High demand at food bank
High unemployment and school expenses are forcing many Slave Lake and area residents to seek assistance from
the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre on 6th Avenue N.E.
One out of three Canadians may get swine flu
While there are conflicting
reports about H1N1 flu vaccine and when it should be administered, Canada's chief public health officer Dr. David Butler-Jones predicted
Wednesday that up to 35% of the Canadian population may bet the disease.
Garden centre, home, truck: all invaded early one morning
Friday,
October 2, got off to a busy start for RCMP members as three different incidents occurred in parts of Slave Lake during the early
morning hours.
Missing Aboriginal women remembered at local rally
The Sisters in Spirit Rally in Slave Lake attracted 59 people to Slave
Lake Native Friendship Centre last Sunday afternoon.
Slave Lake volunteer recognized by Alberta school boards
EG Wahlstrom School Council
chairperson Joy McGregor was formally recognized as the recipient of the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) Zone 1 Friends of
Education Award for 2009.
Wabasca, along with Slave Lake, are within cougar territory
There have been no confirmed kills of pets or
livestock," reports fish and wildlife officer Owen Butz about the recent cougar scare in Wabasca. A rash of sightings of a big cat,
including one who was sniffing around a residential deck has caused fish and wildlife officers to caution the public to be aware that
north central Alberta is part of cougar country and when a cougar is hanging around a community, everyone should be extra careful.
First
traffic-messing snow of fall hits northern Alberta
Thursday morning residents of Slave Lake and area woke to the first major snow cover
of the fall which was also accompanied by below-zero Celcius temperatures.
